Starston / Sterestuna
Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2005
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Results: 10 records
angel - head - 8
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 June 2005 by Simon Knott [http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/starston/starston.htm] [accessed 26 August 2009]
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animal - mammal - lion - sejant - 4
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 June 2005 by Simon Knott [http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/starston/starston.htm] [accessed 26 August 2009]
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design element - architectural - buttress - 4
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 June 2005 by Simon Knott [http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/starston/starston.htm] [accessed 26 August 2009]
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design element - motifs - floral - 8
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 June 2005 by Simon Knott [http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/starston/starston.htm] [accessed 26 August 2009]
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design element - motifs - floral - rose - 4
Scene Description: some (?) are Tudor roses
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 June 2005 by Simon Knott [http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/starston/starston.htm] [accessed 26 August 2009]
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symbol - shield - blank - 4
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 June 2005 by Simon Knott [http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/starston/starston.htm] [accessed 26 August 2009]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 June 2005 by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/starston/starston.htm] [accessed 16 April 2013]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 June 2005 by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/starston/starston.htm] [accessed 16 April 2013]
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
Scene Description: the font visible at the west end, centre aisle, by the organ
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 June 2005 by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/starston/starston.htm] [accessed 16 April 2013]
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view of font and cover in context
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 June 2005 by Simon Knott [http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/starston/starston.htm] [accessed 26 August 2009]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 15189STA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Margaret
Church Patron Saints: St. Margaret of Antioch [aka Margaret the Virgin, Marina]
Church Location: Church Hill, Starston, Norfolk, IP20 9NN
Country Name: England
Location: Norfolk, East Anglia
Directions to Site: Located 3 km NNW of Harleston
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Norwich
Historical Region: Hundred of Earsham
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: East Anglia font / heraldic font
Cognate Fonts: a similar one at nearby Needham
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Simon Knott, of www.norfolkchurches.co.uk, for his photograph of this church and font
Font Notes:
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Blomefield (1805-1810) writes: "The church is dedicated to St. Margaret; the rector hath a good house and about 43 acres of glebe", and names "Robert de Beverley" the first recorded rector here, in 1306. The present font is described in Pevsner & Wlson (1999): "Octagonal, Perp[endicular]. Four lions against the stem, four shields and four flowers against the bowl." Noted and illustrated in Knott (2005), who mentions a similar one at nearby Needham [cf. Index entry]. The large roses on the sides of tha basin appear to be Tudor roses; the shields now blank; angle heads at the angles of the basin underbowl, and floral motifs one level below; the stem has seated lions alternating with thin buttresses; on an octagonal plinth with kneeling stone. The font cover appears round and flat, probably modern. [NB: we have no information on the font from the original church here].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.411822, 1.28494
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 24′ 42.56″ N, 1° 17′ 5.78″ E
UTM: 31U 383348 5808227
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
Blomefield, Francis, An essay towards a topographical history of Norfolk, 1805-1810
Knott, Simon, The Norfolk Churches Site, Simon Knott, 2004. [standing permission to reproduce images received from Simon (February 2005]. Accessed: 2009-08-26 00:00:00. URL: www.norfolkchurches.co.uk.
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Norfolk 2: North-West and South (2nd ed.), London: Penguin, 1999